UN: Zika more worrying but Rio Olympics shouldn't be moved
The World Health Organization's chief says the agency is increasingly concerned about the Zika virus, even though it does not recommend canceling or postponing the Rio de Janeiro Summer Olympics in...
View ArticleZika virus could spread to Europe this summer, World Health Organisation warns
The Zika virus, an infectious disease linked to severe birth defects in babies, may spread into Europe as the weather gets warmer, although the risk is low, health officials said on Wednesday. In its...
View ArticleWorld Health Organisation 'increasingly worried about Zika'
The World Health Organisation is increasingly concerned about the Zika virus but does not recommend cancelling or postponing the Olympic Games in Brazil this summer. The organisation's director...
View ArticleUN: Risk of Zika outbreak across Europe is "low to moderate"
The World Health Organization says the risk of a Zika outbreak across Europe is "low to moderate," in a new risk...
View ArticleHealth Officials Deny Yellow Fever Scare
[Nyasa Times] Ministry of Health officials are battling rumours that the country has suspected cases of yellow fever following an outbreak in some parts of Africa where 200 people have died so far. ......
View ArticleThe Return of Yellow Fever
Before the horrors of the latest Ebola outbreak in West Africa could begin to fade from our minds, the Zika virus emerged as a major global health risk, and is now occupying researchers and doctors in...
View ArticleWhere yellow fever could spread next
YELLOW fever is spreading. Since December, around 2,300 suspected cases of the mosquito-borne disease have been reported in Angola, with nearly 300 deaths. That may not sound like many set against the...
View ArticleAfter Ebola and Zika, Yellow Fever is back
Before the horrors of the latest Ebola outbreak in West Africa could even begin to fade from our minds, the Zika virus emerged as a major global health risk, and is now occupying researchers and...
View ArticleWHO calls emergency meeting on yellow fever outbreak
By AFP The percentage of people immunised against yellow fever remains low in many parts of Africa, even though the vaccine is nearly 100 percent effective and relatively cheap. By (WHO/AFP/File)...
View ArticleHas the yellow fever outbreak become a global health emergency?
Via STAT, Helen Branswell writes: Has the yellow fever outbreak become a global health emergency? Click or tap through for the full report and a video. Excerpt and then a comment: The global health...
View ArticleCassidy Comments on Zika Emergency Funding (Bill Cassidy)
(Source: Bill Cassidy) 05.17.16 WASHINGTON-US Senator Bill Cassidy, MD released the following statement following the advancement of an emergency spending package to combat the Zika virus: 'Four...
View ArticleEngel Remarks on the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act (Eliot...
(Source: Eliot Engel) ENGEL REMARKS ON THE GLOBAL MAGNITSKY HUMAN RIGHTS ACCOUNTABILITY ACT - As Delivered - Click Here for Video- WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House...
View ArticleWhy scientists would want to build a human genome from the ground up
Last week’s closed-door meeting about creating genomes from scratch prompted a lot of hand-wringing among scientists and other critics fearful of a future full of lab-grown humans. But such a science...
View ArticleWHO warns Zika virus may spread to Europe in coming months
--> The WHO's European region covers 53 countries and a population of nearly 900 million where it says Zika could spread. The Zika virus, an infectious disease linked to severe birth defects in...
View ArticleZika Virus May Spread to Europe in Coming Months, WHO Warns
The Zika virus, an infectious disease linked to severe birth defects in babies, may spread into Europe as the weather gets warmer, although the risk is low, health officials said on Wednesday. In its...
View ArticleCity to get one more yellow fever vaccine centre
--> With the list of travellers waiting for the yellow fever vaccine growing longer by the day, the Central government has now started a new centre in Mumbai to offer the facility. It is mandatory...
View ArticleWalorski Supports Emergency Funding to Combat Zika Outbreak (Jackie Walorski)
(Source: Jackie Walorski) WASHINGTON - U.S. Rep. Jackie Walorski (IN-02) today voted for H.R. 5243, the Zika Response Appropriations Act, which provides $622.1 million in fully-offset funding for...
View ArticleYellow fever: urgent action needed to prevent international crisis (IFRC -...
(Source: IFRC - International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies) Geneva, 19 May 2016: Fears are growing that a deadly yellow fever outbreak in Angola - which has already spread to...
View ArticleHealth officials to weigh declaring global emergency as yellow fever strikes...
Alarmed that an outbreak of yellow fever in southwest Africa could spread if not quickly contained, medical experts will convene this week to consider whether to declare an international health...
View ArticleTheranos is hiring
The six new scientific advisers include respected scientists and doctors, hailing from top institutions like Washington University, Cornell, and the University of Pennsylvania. Theranos said they would...
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